Mary Willa "Mamie" Gummer (born August 3, 1983)[1] is an American actress. She starred in the title role of The CW series Emily Owens, M.D. (2012–2013), and played the recurring role of Nancy Crozier on The Good Wife (2010–2015) and its spin-off, The Good Fight (2018). She has also appeared in the films Evening (2007), Side Effects (2013), Cake (2014), and Ricki and the Flash (2015). Gummer was nominated for the 2016 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play for the original production of Ugly Lies the Bone. She is the daughter of Don Gummer and Meryl Streep.
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| Born | Mary Willa Gummer August 3, 1983 New York City, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Northwestern University |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1986–present |
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| Children | 2 |
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Early life and education
Gummer was born in New York City and is the eldest daughter of actress Meryl Streep and sculptor Don Gummer.[2] She grew up in Salisbury, Connecticut, and also spent five years in Los Angeles with her older brother, Henry Wolfe Gummer, and younger sisters, actors Grace Gummer and Louisa Jacobson.[3]
Gummer attended Miss Porter's School, and graduated from the Kent School in Kent, Connecticut, before continuing her studies in theater and communications at Northwestern University, graduating in 2005.[4][5]
Career
As a toddler, she appeared with her mother in Heartburn (credited under the name Natalie Stern to avoid press scrutiny). Twenty months old at the time of filming, she received a positive review in The New York Times.[6] After graduating from college in 2005, she made her off-Broadway debut alongside Michael C. Hall in the premiere of Noah Haidle's Mr. Marmalade, for which she won a Theatre World Award. In 2007, she received a Lucille Lortel Award nomination for her performance in Theresa Rebeck's The Water's Edge.
Gummer made her motion-picture debut as an adult with a minor role in Lasse Hallström's The Hoax (2006), starring Richard Gere.[7] In 2007, she starred with her mother in Michael Cunningham's film adaptation of Susan Minot's novel Evening, playing her mother as a young woman. The film, directed by Lajos Koltai, featured Vanessa Redgrave, Glenn Close, and Claire Danes.[7]She portrayed Sally Adams in the 2008 HBO mini series John Adams, which details the life of the second President of the United States. She made her Broadway debut in the Tony Award–nominated revival of Les liaisons dangereuses in 2008, for which she received critical praise.[8] She also guest-starred on the CBS legal drama The Good Wife in the season 1 episode "Bad" portraying Nancy Crozier. Her character returned in season 2 episodes "Cleaning House"[9] and "Getting Off".
In 2010, she starred in The Lightkeepers with Richard Dreyfuss, Tom Wisdom, Blythe Danner and Bruce Dern.[7]
Starting in 2011, she starred in the ABC medical show Off the Map with Zach Gilford and Valerie Cruz.
In April 2011, she starred with Hamish Linklater and Alison Fraser in the Off-Broadway production of The School For Lies written by David Ives, directed by Walter Bobbie, and produced by Classic Stage Company.[10]
In 2012, she starred in The CW's Emily Owens, M.D. The series was canceled early during its first season, but the network continued to air the rest of its 13-episode order.[11]
Starting in 2015, she began a featured role in the WGN America series Manhattan.
From October to December 2015, she starred in the original production of the play Ugly Lies the Bone for the Roundabout Theater Company, and received a 2016 Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Play for her performance.
On February 1, 2016, it was announced that Gummer had joined the cast of the Amazon series The Collection as a series regular in the role of Helen Sabine.[12]
Gummer played Lucy Purcell, a mother of two children who finds herself involved in a crime, in the third season of HBO's anthology drama True Detective.[13]
Personal life
After a year and a half of dating, Gummer became engaged to actor Benjamin Walker in October 2009.[14][15] They married in July 2011 at her parents' home in Connecticut,[16] and resided in Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York City.[3][17] In March 2013, it was announced that Gummer and Walker had amicably separated.[18]
Gummer has been involved with charities such as Women's Refugee Commission and the Nomi Network.[3]
She became engaged to writer Mehar Sethi (born Meharban Singh Sethi) in August 2018 and was revealed to be pregnant with her first child in December 2018.[19] They got married in February 2019. [20] The same month, Gummer gave birth to a son.[21] She welcomed a daughter in 2021.[22]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1986 | Heartburn | Annie Forman | Credited as Natalie Stern |
| 2003 | Reservations | Hostess | Short film |
| 2006 | The Hoax | Dana | |
| 2006 | The Devil Wears Prada | Starbucks employee | Deleted scene |
| 2007 | Evening | Lila Wittenborn | |
| All Saints Day | Lily | Short film | |
| 2008 | Stop-Loss | Jeanie | |
| The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond | Julie Corleone | ||
| 2009 | Taking Woodstock | Tisha | |
| The Lightkeepers | Ruth | ||
| 2010 | Coach | Stella | |
| 2010 | Twelve Thirty | Maura | |
| The Ward | Emily | ||
| 2013 | The Lifeguard | Mel | |
| Side Effects | Kayla Millbank | ||
| 2014 | Cake | Bonnie | [23] |
| Echo Park | Sophie | ||
| 2015 | The End of the Tour | Julie | |
| Ricki and the Flash | Julie Brummel | ||
| 2018 | An Actor Prepares | Annabelle | |
| Out of Blue | Jennifer Rockwell | ||
| 2021 | Separation | Maggie Vahn |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2008 | John Adams | Sally Smith Adams | 3 episodes |
| 2010–2015 | The Good Wife | Nancy Crozier | 8 episodes |
| 2011 | Off the Map | Dr. Mina Minard | 13 episodes |
| A Gifted Man | Gemma | Episode: "In Case of Exposure" | |
| 2012 | The Big C | Maxine Cooper | 3 episodes |
| 2012–2013 | Emily Owens, M.D. | Emily Owens | 13 episodes |
| 2014 | Elementary | Margaret Bray | Episode: "Terra Pericolosa" |
| 2015 | Manhattan | Nora | 6 episodes |
| 2016 | The Collection | Helen Sabine | 8 episodes |
| 2018–2021 | The Good Fight | Nancy Crozier | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | Robot Chicken | Carly (voice) | Episode: "No Wait, He Has a Cane" |
| 2018 | Castle Rock | Matthew Deaver's Mother | Episode: "Henry Deaver" |
| 2019 | True Detective | Lucy Purcell | 4 episodes |
| 2020 | Blood of Zeus[24] | Electra (voice) | Original Netflix anime series |
| 2020 | The Right Stuff | Jerrie Cobb |
Theater
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2003 | The Laramie Project | Northwestern University Theater | |
| 2004 | 12 Volt Heart | Northwestern University Theater | |
| 2004 | The House of Blue Leaves | Bananas Shaughnessy | Northwestern University Theater |
| 2005–2006 | Mr. Marmalade | Lucy | Laura Pels Theatre, NYC |
| 2006 | The Water's Edge | Erica | Second Stage Theatre, NYC |
| 2007 | The Autumn Garden | Sophie Tuckerman | Williamstown Theatre Festival |
| 2007 | Desdemona: A Play about a Handkerchief | Playwrights Horizons Mainstage Theatre | |
| 2008 | Les Liaisons Dangereuses | Cécile Volanges | American Airlines Theatre |
| 2008 | Hunting and Gathering | Bess | Primary Stages, NYC |
| 2009 | Uncle Vanya | Sonya Serebryakova | Classic Stage Company, NYC |
| 2011 | The School for Lies | Celimene | Classic Stage Company, NYC |
| 2015 | Ugly Lies the Bone | Jess | Roundabout Theatre, NYC Nominated – Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play |
| 2017 | The Siegel | Alice | South Coast Repertory, LA |
| 2018 | Our Very Own Carlin McCullough | Cyn | Geffen Playhouse Theater, LA |
Awards
- (2006) Theatre World Award
- Winner: Best Supporting Actress for Mr. Marmalade
- (2007) Lucille Lortel Award
- Nomination: Outstanding Featured Actress for The Water's Edge
- (2009) Lucille Lortel Award
- Nomination: Outstanding Featured Actress for Uncle Vanya
- (2016) Drama Desk Award
- Nomination: Outstanding Actress in a Play for Ugly Lies The Bone at Roundabout Underground
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